Dry cough
Cough is also known as dry cough. It is called a dry respiratory disease. It is called a dry respiratory disease. It is called a dry respiratory disease. Dry cough occurs when feeling a slight itching, or dry throat, and usually accompanied by some respiratory diseases, and therefore depends on the treatment of treatment of the disease leading to them, and also should be taken drugs that reduce the severity.
Causes of dry cough
There are a number of causes of dry cough:
- Influenza infection, one of the most common causes.
- Frequent smoking, or exposure to some types of smoke from fires.
- Asthma, a chronic lung disease.
- Exposure to dust.
- Allergy.
- Sinusitis in the nose.
- Some types of drugs may cause a dry cough, such as those used to treat high blood pressure.
Symptoms of dry cough
Usually, many symptoms do not appear on the person with dry cough, but some of them appear, such as:
- Continuous cough for long periods of time.
- Not feeling comfortable while swallowing food.
- Inability to sleep at night.
- Feeling pain in the lungs area.
- The appearance of congestion in the throat.
- Inability to breathe easily, especially during the night time.
Treatment of dry cough
It is important to use treatments that help to reduce the effect of dry cough and are divided into: herbal remedy, herbal medicine, And drug therapy.
Herbal Therapy
Is a group of herbal recipes, which are usually available in most homes, and has the advantage of positive in reducing symptoms of dry cough, and useful herbal remedies:
- Lemon mixture, and honey with warm water, this treatment proved effective with dry cough.
- Eat ginger with salt: By cutting the ginger into small pieces, sprinkle salt on it, or boil the pieces and drink the resulting water, honey can be added to relieve the sharp ginger flavor.
- Use turmeric vinegar, by adding a teaspoon of it to a tablespoon of honey, mix the mixture together, and help the mixture to sleep at night.
Drug therapy
This treatment depends on the visit of the doctor, so as to diagnose the condition, and assess the degree of impact depending on the symptoms shown to the patient, to prescribe the appropriate medicine; may need to use other medicines associated with cough medicine.
Prevention of dry cough
The following guidelines should be observed for the prevention of dry cough:
- Care to drink water in sufficient quantities; to protect the throat from dehydration.
- Avoid smoking.
- Stay away from drinking coffee in large quantities; because they lead to the disposal of fluids in the body faster, and may cause dehydration.
- Maintain the ventilation of the house.